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Four Steps for Evaluating Your Plan’s Diabetes Coverage

Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS

09 Aug 202209 Aug 2022

Despite major advancements in technology and medication over the last four decades, people with diabetes still face barriers to getting the best care, a panel of experts said during an International Foundation webcast. Better health plan design can help remove those barriers […]

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21 Ways Employers Are Combating Escalating Health Care Costs in 2021

Justin Held, CEBS

27 Jan 202126 Jan 2021

Over the next ten years, health care spending in the United States is projected to increase at an annual rate of 5.4%. In response to the cost escalation, plan sponsors in corporate, multiemployer and public employer environments are looking for ways to […]

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20 Questions to Ask When Choosing a Wellness Vendor

Teri Dougherty, CEBS

05 Sep 201922 Sep 2020

Most agree that healthier employees are happier, more productive and have fewer medical costs! The challenge, according to Jason Elliot, author of the article, Validate Wellness Vendors With a Data-Driven Approach, (Benefits Magazine, August 2019), is “every worker population is unique” and […]

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The Second Most Expensive Health Condition: Considerations for Your Plan

Justin Held, CEBS

22 May 201822 May 2018

Readers are aware of the significant toll that cancer has on our society. We have all been touched on a personal level by cancer’s reach. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cancer is the second leading cause of deaths […]

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Absence Management Policies Get to the Heart of the Matter

Robbie Hartman, CEBS

18 May 2017

In love, absence makes the heart grow fonder. In the workplace, however, absence management can make company leaders sing a much different tune. No employer is about to pen a love song for the estimated $225.8 billion annual cost of absenteeism in […]

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24-Hour Cheat Sheet to Ace Your Employer Health Risk Assessment (HRA)

Neil Mrkvicka

25 Aug 201506 Nov 2017

The thought of facing a health risk assessment is unnerving for many. “What if I eat the wrong thing and throw my numbers off? What if my health care costs rise based on results? What if they uncover something I just don’t […]

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Devoted to Wellness—Mind, Body and Budget

Bryan Zoran, CEBS

29 Jan 201520 Feb 2015

According to Workplace Wellness Trends: 2015 Survey Results, a new survey that will be released by the International Foundation in the coming weeks, more than half (55%) of all organizations have budgets devoted to wellness and more than 80% offer some type […]

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Workplace Peer Support—a Success Story

Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS

03 Dec 201417 Jan 2015

By: Kathy Bergstrom If families and caregivers are included, mental health problems and illnesses affect almost everyone in some way. According to the Mental Health Commission Canada, Making the Case for Investing in Mental Health in Canada, more than 20% of the […]

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A Conversation That’s Hard to Have, but Worth It

Chris Vogel, CEBS

17 Jul 201417 Jan 2015

By: Chris Vogel If you were in no condition to tell medical personnel how much treatment you’d want in the final stages of a chronic illness, would your loved ones have to guess? Or have you had conversations about end-of-life wishes? […]

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Disease Management

Four Steps for Evaluating Your Plan’s Diabetes Coverage

Top 7 Questions Employers Are Asking About the Flu at Work

21 Ways Employers Are Combating Escalating Health Care Costs in 2021

20 Questions to Ask When Choosing a Wellness Vendor

The Second Most Expensive Health Condition: Considerations for Your Plan

Absence Management Policies Get to the Heart of the Matter

24-Hour Cheat Sheet to Ace Your Employer Health Risk Assessment (HRA)

Devoted to Wellness—Mind, Body and Budget

Workplace Peer Support—a Success Story

A Conversation That’s Hard to Have, but Worth It